Deseret Evening News | 1899-11-22 | Page 8 | Boy Killed by a "Live Wire"

r BOY KI BY BYA A LIVE WIRE NIRE Victim Was David D vla hulson Em played lit Bingham lIE JIg RECEIVED VOLTS i Bedim Cattle unit I at as th Its n lt U ot urH lIe en l t r David a 11 young oung man om am plo ed os as teamster ot at the Brooks con in III met sudden list evening by falling Ul upon on It a electric wIre The boy was at work vork the dump ot of the old 81 SpanIsh mIne ot of the United State Pan At the time or of the he hews ws working In Ui just above the electrIc transformer house where the me current the Jordan Narrows power hi I r reduced for tor the corteen It Il II as his custom to hung hang his coat In this hou house which he had hilI been lIeen times to keep out of on ot of the lie danger enc encountered In Ihl room WishIng to get his coat coni he jumped down dOln to the root roof ot of this house houe but on landing his feet teet slipped and he tell fell His wrist came In contact with one ot of running Into the con r two to feet below Tue wIre was carrying and the shock killed him instantly No blame blamo Is at attached to nl as the officers hall had re warped the man to keep out of at the room and been n par warned all as It wits was thought that lie he wits WitH mort c than the others The hapless youth was tile the son on ot of Andrew AndreI on An old and respected citizen dUzen of Vest Jordan The family wag that tile bo boy was hurt and the father used all 1111 haste hute In getting to hl hIs son on who he thought was wa only hurt The truth IS a terrible blow to him